Agree . I'd also like to raise the point of mentality since Zola has arrived Behrami has really been working hard tracking back and closing down opponents and giving them a really hard time its a big part of his game.He could easily have 82/83 for mentality.

"If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing" - Bill Shankly."I guarantee fourth place" - Rafael Benitez.

Vandeach wrote:Agree . I'd also like to raise the point of mentality since Zola has arrived Behrami has really been working hard tracking back and closing down opponents and giving them a really hard time its a big part of his game.He could easily have 82/83 for mentality.

Alf Ramsey: "I'll be watching you for the first 45 minutes and if you don't work harder I'll pull you off at halftime."Rodney Marsh: "Crikey Alf, at Manchester City all we get is an orange and a cup of tea."

And who was the person who originally wanted to increase his mentality?

I agree with you, he covers a fantastic amount of ground per match and has a terrific work-rate, I'd actually put his stamina bordering, if not on an orange value, as well as a 2/3 point raise in mentality. I haven't really noticed his tackling being a particular forte of his, do you think he could qualify for the sliding star/card.

"If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing" - Bill Shankly."I guarantee fourth place" - Rafael Benitez.

I'm not sure if I would say it's slide tackling.. He doesn't go to ground as much as say scotty parker, Mark Noble or Rado Kovac.It's more his tenacity and biting away at people's ankles. He's basically a high energy midfielder who's decent on the ball and runs like a loon (he was a cross country and long distance runner in his youth and could have taken that up apparently)

mknight8 wrote:I'm not sure if I would say it's slide tackling.. He doesn't go to ground as much as say scotty parker, Mark Noble or Rado Kovac.It's more his tenacity and biting away at people's ankles. He's basically a high energy midfielder who's decent on the ball and runs like a loon (he was a cross country and long distance runner in his youth and could have taken that up apparently)

Oh, then I obviously misconstrued your post, I thought you were talking about slide tackling, and that was why I stated I hadn't really seen that as being much of a skill of his. What you're describing more comes under the mentality stat, which needs a raise anyway.

I could probably see a raise in his DA too, nothing major, just by one or two points. He just seems to have better ball control than those on 81, and would sit nicely at either an 82, or an 83 for DA.

"If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing" - Bill Shankly."I guarantee fourth place" - Rafael Benitez.

I can honestly see him sitting on an 87/88 for Stamina. 88 would take him level with Steve THOMPSON, Graham ALEXANDER, Michael BROWN, Scott PARKER, Luke YOUNG, Matthew HILL, George BOATENG, Gareth BARRY, Nigel REO-COKER, Matthew ETHERINGTON, Yuri ZHIRKOV, Wayne BRIDGE, Hérita ILUNGA, Shaun WRIGHT-PHILLIPS. I think he covers no less ground than these if not more, he never stops running . I particularly remember a game against Aston Villa away on 17th Jan where he deservedly got MOTM and literally covered every blade of grass for the full 90 minutes. I think he deserves P10 Box to Box as well for the reasons stated above.

P.S. Also needs *CM as he's played there a number of times in a 4-5-1 formation